48 thoughts on “Tarkov Scav Karma System – STOP KILLING SCAVS!! // Escape from Tarkov Scav Karma System Explained”
I'm getting so many replies about different info I've asked BSG to clarify and will make a new video when they do. All the numbers I said here were the best I had but clearly something is up. Generally speaking nothing is so wrong it will ruin you. Actually if anything it's easier probably to get positive karma and not lose so much. Actions are the same the numbers seem to be changing – will update another time.
Scav Karma is absolutely stupid. 99 percent of scav raids I get killed by player scavs and voiping wiggling none of it matters they kill you because you might have loot and the negative isn’t enough to matter. And you can’t even fight back because they either shoot you first and put you at a massive disadvantage or they get close enough to you to just pop you in the head. It’s a complete waste of time.
I feel like 1 out of every 3 times I do a scav run I get killed by another scav. I don't know whether that's because I tend to get better gear with higher fence rep or I just look suspicious but it drives me crazy.
I actually did kill gluhar as a scav, I don't remember how much it went down but it didn't seem mega huge, maybe bc I very rarely kill other scavs. Worst part is i didn't even get to loot him, his guards got me
Could someone tell me why killa shoots me in the face when i have good rep with fence? Hadnt even shot a round off yet. Just sat down to loot and blam.
They need stronger penalties for scav on scav violence, I've noticed the better starting scav gear I have the more often I get killed for it, either being baited and killed by a scav team or just outright blasted… it's getting to the point where I won't even bother going on a scav raid because I get killed 1/2 the time by player scavs. Don't know if it should be a reporting system, a flag over their head or what, but it's ridiculous.
Honestly dumb ass Santa full sprinting to me sounding geared as hell just for me to kill him ALMOST A ENTIRE MONTH AFTER CHRISTMAS is why my rep is low 🙁 I was almost 2 that bastard destroyed my scav life ;_;
Broooo I came across some hurt raiders and they didn’t shoot me for the longest I was debating wether I should or not and then got insta head eyes they’d why I came here but next time…NO MERCY!!!! Also I spawned once and instantly raider came to me and head eyes I’m also a bear…
I got -5.02 rep and am cursed&haunted. Scav cooldown at 1 houre 6 minutes. As a result of accidently killing santa with a grenade on customs and other scavs continuisly betraying me, i ended up down there…
I have been killed by other scav players so much recently really getting frustrating now, can't even retaliate because I'm dead before I can even react because I'm not expecting it to happen and if you do before they harm you then you lose rep, would be ok if you gained 0.02 for being killed by an unfriendly scav as a scav or give a bad scav player a voice line they can't stop from happening when they get to a certain radius of other scavs so you know they are bad.
Just a quick question, is there like a benefit to having negative scav karma? Ive been getting killed by player scavs as a scav and once the guy even told me, before shooting me in the back of the head, that he needs me dead for negative karma.
just killed 2 pmcs with i assume 0 scav kills and only got the 0.1 for extracting….seems off, should just always get atleast 0.1 rep for killing a pmc even without them having any scav kills no?? or am i just absurd for thinking that
ATTENTION: i just installed the game after more than a year w/o playing and went factory scav. First player/npc i run across is this Taligia or something guy with the big hammer. I killed him shooting his back with my fullauto AK and extracted. Wasn't planned as i didnt knew about the karma. I got some numbers i dont recall but i do remember one being the karma one as "-0.2". For what is worth. Edit: i reentered the game but cant find those numbers. So thats all i remember.
Now its just got too confusing and still cant identify who is who… then there is all the ammo types you need a chart to work out things and the inventory management… honestly just cba
Yeah, I wish I would have known about this sooner.. Killing Santa screwed me beacuse, who trusts a creepy santa in a combat zone and I was baited trying to get the beard to complete tasks.
.43 when I Killed Reshala as a skav after reaching level 6, pushed me back under and now bosses agro on me again. Also I dont know if you mentionmm but you get points for defending bosses but I ahve no idea how thats calculated
i really wish they'd increase the penalty even more for scavs killing scavs, like all scav kills give as much negative rep as killing santa. 3 months into the raid there are still scavs killing scavs. i also wish it told the players name when a PSCAV kills you so you msg them and explain what scav karma is because many still dont know. i also with they'd put in the info box when loading into a match information about what scav karma is. OR, just make it impossible to kill scavs as a scav, that would be ideal. i was just on lighthouse with 1m worth of gear and a scav starts shooting at me, i tell him im a scav and he still shoots me. its so fcking dumb
This mechanic is just broken and stupid. Sorry but if a Scav shoot at you and misses his shot and you kill him you're the one penalized. Like I'm not gonna wait for that dude with a shotgun to put that barrel in my mouth and shoot to be like Oh I can finally defend myself 😀 There should be a hit box that is just to trigger the right to shoot the one who shot your way.
I'm getting so many replies about different info I've asked BSG to clarify and will make a new video when they do. All the numbers I said here were the best I had but clearly something is up. Generally speaking nothing is so wrong it will ruin you. Actually if anything it's easier probably to get positive karma and not lose so much. Actions are the same the numbers seem to be changing – will update another time.
POV: you killed Santa 3 more times than you needed too
Scav Karma is absolutely stupid. 99 percent of scav raids I get killed by player scavs and voiping wiggling none of it matters they kill you because you might have loot and the negative isn’t enough to matter. And you can’t even fight back because they either shoot you first and put you at a massive disadvantage or they get close enough to you to just pop you in the head. It’s a complete waste of time.
I killed rashala and all his guards and lost somewhere around .64 rep. I was -1.03 rep and have been a good boy and got it down to -38 rep lol
I feel like 1 out of every 3 times I do a scav run I get killed by another scav. I don't know whether that's because I tend to get better gear with higher fence rep or I just look suspicious but it drives me crazy.
Run scav -> get 0.01, run PMC at night -> 0.02(lowest). It sucks, yes… but it's the only way to really get it.
yes, buy peoples lost uninsured lost gear…so like a KEDR and a VPO they pulled off there last scav run…super worth it….
I lost 0.2 rep for killing Tagilla yesterday
I actually did kill gluhar as a scav, I don't remember how much it went down but it didn't seem mega huge, maybe bc I very rarely kill other scavs. Worst part is i didn't even get to loot him, his guards got me
I just cant stop killing them
I would have like1.5 but killed a few scav but one had a marked key and car bat sooooo a few might be worth it lmao
not sure about the raider thing. Juts lost karma for killing 2 raiders on reserve.
Could someone tell me why killa shoots me in the face when i have good rep with fence? Hadnt even shot a round off yet. Just sat down to loot and blam.
Do I have to do car extracts as a pmc or scav to get rep up?
They need stronger penalties for scav on scav violence, I've noticed the better starting scav gear I have the more often I get killed for it, either being baited and killed by a scav team or just outright blasted… it's getting to the point where I won't even bother going on a scav raid because I get killed 1/2 the time by player scavs. Don't know if it should be a reporting system, a flag over their head or what, but it's ridiculous.
Im almost level 15 and i just learn about that… So i shoudnt kill Scav when i do Scav run???
Honestly dumb ass Santa full sprinting to me sounding geared as hell just for me to kill him ALMOST A ENTIRE MONTH AFTER CHRISTMAS is why my rep is low 🙁 I was almost 2 that bastard destroyed my scav life ;_;
Broooo I came across some hurt raiders and they didn’t shoot me for the longest I was debating wether I should or not and then got insta head eyes they’d why I came here but next time…NO MERCY!!!! Also I spawned once and instantly raider came to me and head eyes I’m also a bear…
I got -5.02 rep and am cursed&haunted. Scav cooldown at 1 houre 6 minutes. As a result of accidently killing santa with a grenade on customs and other scavs continuisly betraying me, i ended up down there…
Reshala gave me -0.3 btw.
What if a scav player kills a boss/bodyguards can I as a scav kill the player scavs?
I have been killed by other scav players so much recently really getting frustrating now, can't even retaliate because I'm dead before I can even react because I'm not expecting it to happen and if you do before they harm you then you lose rep, would be ok if you gained 0.02 for being killed by an unfriendly scav as a scav or give a bad scav player a voice line they can't stop from happening when they get to a certain radius of other scavs so you know they are bad.
Just a quick question, is there like a benefit to having negative scav karma? Ive been getting killed by player scavs as a scav and once the guy even told me, before shooting me in the back of the head, that he needs me dead for negative karma.
such a weird feature that is as always in this game fairly hidden
just killed 2 pmcs with i assume 0 scav kills and only got the 0.1 for extracting….seems off, should just always get atleast 0.1 rep for killing a pmc even without them having any scav kills no?? or am i just absurd for thinking that
at-5.4 scav rep XD guess I'm just a bad guy, but this doesn't make me a bad guy?…
do i lose rep when i kill scav while i am pmc?
Kiled killa at +6.50 the reward was -0.74
How can I tell if it's a PMC I'm new
I have heard karma loss other players get scale up with the rep rating of your scav, is this true??
ATTENTION: i just installed the game after more than a year w/o playing and went factory scav. First player/npc i run across is this Taligia or something guy with the big hammer. I killed him shooting his back with my fullauto AK and extracted. Wasn't planned as i didnt knew about the karma. I got some numbers i dont recall but i do remember one being the karma one as "-0.2". For what is worth.
Edit: i reentered the game but cant find those numbers. So thats all i remember.
yea its broken
but what if a scav player shoot my friend then i shoot back at him and kill him. do i get minus
Good to know, but if they have better gear and gives me a higher chance of surviving against PMC's such as amour I will KOS 😉
I’m a noob and I just killed 5 scavs fml🤦🏻♂️
Now its just got too confusing and still cant identify who is who… then there is all the ammo types you need a chart to work out things and the inventory management… honestly just cba
Yeah, I wish I would have known about this sooner.. Killing Santa screwed me beacuse, who trusts a creepy santa in a combat zone and I was baited trying to get the beard to complete tasks.
.43 when I Killed Reshala as a skav after reaching level 6, pushed me back under and now bosses agro on me again. Also I dont know if you mentionmm but you get points for defending bosses but I ahve no idea how thats calculated
i dint now that now im in -6
well im glad i now know this after killing every scav I see and now having a 50 minute scav cooldown
"Stop killing scavs"
missions: kill 12 scavs on customs
kill 13 scavs on woods
Can kill cut down 4:08 if you are in a rush
I accidently killed gulkar as a scav when I was trying to kill raiders on reserve and there went most my scav rep 🙁
i really wish they'd increase the penalty even more for scavs killing scavs, like all scav kills give as much negative rep as killing santa. 3 months into the raid there are still scavs killing scavs. i also wish it told the players name when a PSCAV kills you so you msg them and explain what scav karma is because many still dont know. i also with they'd put in the info box when loading into a match information about what scav karma is.
OR, just make it impossible to kill scavs as a scav, that would be ideal.
i was just on lighthouse with 1m worth of gear and a scav starts shooting at me, i tell him im a scav and he still shoots me. its so fcking dumb
Im 4.6 rep and honestly i’m up like 40m
Off my scav runs so i can run whatever gear i want on my PMC.
Dont u Just love scavs killing you when u looted good items,man i get so pissed of on theese idiots
This mechanic is just broken and stupid. Sorry but if a Scav shoot at you and misses his shot and you kill him you're the one penalized. Like I'm not gonna wait for that dude with a shotgun to put that barrel in my mouth and shoot to be like Oh I can finally defend myself 😀 There should be a hit box that is just to trigger the right to shoot the one who shot your way.
So i just got out of a raid where a scav shot me the bullet landed and i iced him. satill lost scav karma.